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I paid upfront the council fees for a building consent for a small bathroom add on to an existing laundry.
The documents for electrical , plumbing and drainage were all sited and approved by the inspector.
Only 2 inspections were needed.
I had a credit of $65 to my original council fee payment of the building consent.
The inspector passed the bathroom as being compliant fully siting the PS3's etc.
I asked the inspector what documents do i need to furnish for the CCC. He helped me with the form and told me i needed to provide the PS3 for Plumbing, drainage and an as built drawing for the under slab drainage along with the revised drawing for the door change. All good i followed his advice to the letter.
The drawing of the revised door which changed from a cavity slider to a hinged door the inspector stamped and approved it.
I took all these documents down to the Councils office along with the filled out application for the ccc.
Sat and waited 20 days
I then get an email from the "document overseeing" team, Code of Compliance Certificate Assessor that i also need to furnish a PS3 for the Aluminium window, plus the as built under slab plumbing drawing, any inspector notes and an application form to be filled out for the revised door plan.
I replied back i had relied solely on the information there inspector had given me so therefore was not at fault.
I questioned the need for the PS3 for the window as the inspector had sited it was toughened glass .
I informed them i had already supplied as built drawing for the drainage under slab.
They then re-assessed saying i only need a application form for the revised door drawing [their inspector had already stamped his approval on this] plus copy of the inspectors notes [the inspectors notes were literally one sentence]
I obliged and furnished at their request.
2 weeks later i hadn't heard anything back , so i emailed them to followup
Yes Code of Compliance Certificate Assessor said the CCC can now be issued , attached is our invoice!
$470!!! An invoice for them simply requesting information from me!! No forewarning given!!
I complained that this was outrageous and they should remove it.
They then reduced the bill down to $243 for what they insist is 1 hours work simply for checking documents and requesting information from me !!!!
The documents for electrical , plumbing and drainage were all sited and approved by the inspector.
Only 2 inspections were needed.
I had a credit of $65 to my original council fee payment of the building consent.
The inspector passed the bathroom as being compliant fully siting the PS3's etc.
I asked the inspector what documents do i need to furnish for the CCC. He helped me with the form and told me i needed to provide the PS3 for Plumbing, drainage and an as built drawing for the under slab drainage along with the revised drawing for the door change. All good i followed his advice to the letter.
The drawing of the revised door which changed from a cavity slider to a hinged door the inspector stamped and approved it.
I took all these documents down to the Councils office along with the filled out application for the ccc.
Sat and waited 20 days
I then get an email from the "document overseeing" team, Code of Compliance Certificate Assessor that i also need to furnish a PS3 for the Aluminium window, plus the as built under slab plumbing drawing, any inspector notes and an application form to be filled out for the revised door plan.
I replied back i had relied solely on the information there inspector had given me so therefore was not at fault.
I questioned the need for the PS3 for the window as the inspector had sited it was toughened glass .
I informed them i had already supplied as built drawing for the drainage under slab.
They then re-assessed saying i only need a application form for the revised door drawing [their inspector had already stamped his approval on this] plus copy of the inspectors notes [the inspectors notes were literally one sentence]
I obliged and furnished at their request.
2 weeks later i hadn't heard anything back , so i emailed them to followup
Yes Code of Compliance Certificate Assessor said the CCC can now be issued , attached is our invoice!
$470!!! An invoice for them simply requesting information from me!! No forewarning given!!
I complained that this was outrageous and they should remove it.
They then reduced the bill down to $243 for what they insist is 1 hours work simply for checking documents and requesting information from me !!!!
.At our expense
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